​CARAVEL ACADEMY

ACADEMICS

● Successfully meet the challenges of college and negotiate life equipped with the abilities to communicate, critically evaluate, and thrive in an ever-changing society.

● Be proficient in 21st century technological skills in preparation for responsible digital citizenship in a global society.

● Be a thoughtful and effective decision maker by recognizing and appreciating his/her personal strengths and weaknesses, setting and achieving realistic goals, and respecting the differences in himself/herself and others.

● Understand and appreciate the history and tradition of our society and government while using this knowledge to act responsibly as an informed citizen.

● Display the characteristics of leadership, service to the community, good sportsmanship, and involvement as an active alumnus while exemplifying individual responsibility, a lifelong love of learning, and an appreciation of the arts to positively affect the worlds he/she encounters.

A graduate of Caravel Academy Middle Schoolwill:

● Be a responsible classroom and school citizen and demonstrate individual responsibility, self-control, honesty, respect, personal integrity, and loyalty.

● Apply increasingly sophisticated language arts, mathematics, and 21st century technological skills and knowledge to learning in other content areas.

● Recognize the need for flexible thinking and lifelong learning in approaching school and life situations.

● Apply organizational and time management skills to manage multiple classes and assignments and some extracurricular activities.

● Maintain a love of learning, often most intensely directed to “specialized” talent/interest areas.

● Generate a number of viable alternatives and evaluate choices effectively in problem solving/decision making.

Objectives:By the year 2022, all students of Caravel Academy will increase their academic performance in mathematics, reading, and writing as measured by:A. 5 percentage point increase in content standard mastery score on the ERB for each grade level.

Reading ComprehensionGrade/ Year

2014 Base 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1 65% 2 66% 3 68% 4 67% 5 70% 6 71% 7 71% 8 72%

Mathematics 1 and 2Grade/ Year

2014 Base 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1 69% 2 69% 3 53% 4 53% 5 55% 6 53% 7 57% 8 55%

B. a 5 point increase in the mean score on the PSAT for each grade level. a. Baseline 2013:

*Not all students take this course because they may choose to take an AP course instead of the course. In addition, 12th graders who earn straight As in a course are not required to take the final exam.